Bale-tie buckle.



F, SCHUTZ.

BALE TIE BUCKLE. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 28. 1916! 1,272, 1 27. Patented July 9, 1918.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK SCHU'IZ, 0F CAMERON, TEXAS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

BALE-TIE BUCKLE.

Patented July 9, 1918.

Application filed November 28,1916. Serial No. 133,861.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK SoHUTz, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cameron, in the county of Milam and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bale-Tie Buckles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has for its object to provide an improved bale tie buckle of that type in which the bale tie or band is insertible edgewise into the opening in the buckle, the latter being provided with an internal shoulder adapted to cooperate with the tie or band to prevent the latter from accidentally slipping through the entrance throat in the buckle when the tie is slackened.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter specifically described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 represents a plan view of the tie buckle,

Fig. 2 represents a sectional view therethrough, and

Fig. 3 represents a perspective the buckle.

Referring to the drawing in detail, wherein similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral 5 indicates a relatively thin body plate having a centrally located opening 6 therein, which is" elongated longitudinally of the plate and is provided with one end rounded, as indicated at 7. The opening 6 is enlarged laterally at one end to define a shoulder 8, which communicates with a throat 9 extending outwardly through one longitudinal edge of the body plate and communicating with the opening view of 6 at a point centrally between the end edge 10 thereof and the shoulder 8.

In use, one end of the band or tie I1 is inserted in the opening 6 and is engaged with the longitudinal edge thereof opposite the throat 9, and the opposite terminal of the tie is subsequently inserted edgewise through the throat 9 and into the opening 6, a portion of the opening lying outwardly of the shoulder 8 permitting the tie to be conveniently inserted in position in the body plate. Subsequent to the insertion of the last-named terminal of the tie the latter is drawn tightly about the bale, or other object, and is thus moved against the portions of the edge of the opening lying on opposite sides of the entrance throat 9, the end edge 10 and shoulder 8 snu ly fitting the tie, as is clearly evident by reference toFig. 1, and thus insuring against its accidental removal through the throat 9. The shoulder 8 is disposed at right angles to the tie-engaging edge portions 12 of the body plate, so as to permit the tie, during application, to conveniently engage with the edge portions 12 and against the shoulder 8.

What I claim is: a

A bale buckle comprising a fiat body plate having an elongated opening therein one end of which is rounded and the other end straight, said opening enlarged laterally at one end to provide a shoulder which is par allel to the straight end of the opening, said body plate having an entrance throat formed therein and communicating with the enlargement of said opening equi-distant of the ends of the enlargement, the sides of said throat being parallel with said shoulder and at right angles to the sides of said opening.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK SGHUTZ. Witnesses:

B. J. MABOGHA, E. P. LESTER.

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Washington, D. 0. 

